MojoPin83

Street light #31 on Kellythorne Dr has been burnt out since September. I've reported it to Toronto Hydro four times and it still hasn't been addressed. I haven't even received a reply from them re this particular light. This light is right near a dangerous intersection (due to the curvature of Cassandra Blvd, west immediately west of Underhill Dr. Turning onto Cassandra from Kellythorne, and vice versa, is very unsafe as the corner is very dark. Can this light please be fixed for once? It's a farce that it has been out this long; completely unacceptable.

The intersection of Underhill Dr & Lawrence Ave E is in desperate need of better signage. When driving southbound on Underhill Dr, to where it merges with Lawrence Ave E (in the right lane), essentially every vehicle that is turning right onto Lawrence stops at the following traffic island (see Google streetview image):

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.741018,-79.324807,3a,75y,196.02h,93.61t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sWyOX8s72i2q8VZj48zc-CQ!2e0

Vehicles are supposed to yield to pedestrians (if any are present). If no pedestrians are crossing the road, vehicles are to turn immediately onto Lawrence and merge further down the road. Unfortunately, most people don't seem to understand the rules of the road. They have an entire lane to themselves, which makes it easy for them to change lanes away from the intersection, but they end up stopping at this corner for an indefinite amount of time. This causes unnecessary congestion in the right hand turning lane, especially during rush hour (creating a line of cars almost as far north as Roanoke Rd, for several minutes somtmes). For some reason people want to merge lanes right at the intersection; which isn't safe or even legal. New signage or a redesign of this corner is needed and it has to be clearly decipherable, eg. 'No Stopping', 'Do not change lanes at this point', 'Yield to pedestrians, not vehicles'...or something to that effect. The status quo is simply not good enough. This corner needs to be reworked somehow to eliminate people from stopping here. This is a perpetual issue and its extremely frustrating to deal with on a regular basis.

As you can see in the Google street view photo I've attached, this section of boulevard is covered in horrendously ugly asphalt. It is a blight on the local community and it should be replaced with grass -- in keeping with the symmetry of the surrounding boulevard context. Why this section is paved is a mystery to me? The only section that should actually be paved is where the adjacent house's driveway meets Underhill Dr. Sod should be planted on either side of the driveway, meeting the grass on its immediate south, and extending up to Royal Doulton Dr to the north. This would greatly improve the aesthetic nature of this stretch of Underhill Dr and would give that poor tree a better chance at thriving; as well as the opportunity to plant new trees. The current situation here is completely unacceptable and is just one example of how much this city neglects its public realm. People deserve more beautiful streetscapes and public spaces. Addressing this particular stretch would be a small, but important step towards achieving that. Is it any wonder why so many people litter and think of the city as 'ugly?' Maybe if we valued our public space more there would be a greater sense of pride throughout the city and attitudes might start to change in regards to how we treat our neighbourhoods?